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Dancing Queen: Dionne ChampionChampion launched DancExcel, a performing arts school that uses "the arts as a way of engaging kids," in areas such as math and science and writing and history "to bridge the gaps that exist in their education.” Read more. |
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Equitable Education Advocate: Jordan ConwellConwell, a self-decribed "education groupie," studies on how racial and class inequalities intersect to shape students’ access to educational resources and, subsequently, their school outcomes. Read more. |
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All Keyed Up: Dong-Wan Ha“My passport is full of stamps,” says Ha, an award-winning pianist from Seoul who has competed in 14 prestigious international piano competitions. He’s won nearly half of those competitions. Read more. |
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Native Voices in Verse: Alanna HickeyHickey studies the emergence of Native American poets in the 18th and 19th centuries. “Indigenous peoples surprise us by rejiggering poetic forms to suit their own cultural and political needs," she says. Read more. |
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Up on the Roof: Kelly Ksiazek-MikenasKelly Ksiazek-Mikenas followed her passion for plant science not to the root but to the roof — the green roof. Read more. |
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Pop Culture Detective: Michael MauskapfMauskapf is studying how innovation and competitive advantage play out in creative industries and cultural markets — contexts that are dependent on creating or matching taste. Read more. |
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Mixed Messages: Almita MirandaThe plight of mixed-status families is more than an academic interest for Almita Miranda. It’s her history. Read more. |
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Stream of Consciousness: Kevin RocheRoche uses a network of sensors in the bed of a 2.5-meter artificial stream — a “glorified gutter” — to measure how fast dissolved chemicals are exchanging between the surface and the subsurface of rivers and streams. Read more. |
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Riding the Gravitational Waves: Carl RodriguezGravitational waves are opening new windows into the universe, and Rodriguez studies one source of those waves — black hole mosh pits. Read more. |
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Engineering Cells to Target Cancer: Kelly Anne SchwarzSchwarz is part of a team of Northwestern synthetic biologists who developed a general method for “rewiring” immune cells to turn them into smart therapeutics. Read more. |
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Healing Hearts: Shuang ZhangZhang is exploring what happens to heart cells in the aftermath of a heart attack. Read more. |
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Freedom Beat: Justin Zullo"I want to use hip-hop to give back, because I feel indebted to the hip-hop communities that nurtured my growth," says Zullo, who wants to examine and engage in the problem of youth criminalization, especially among marginalized communities. Read more. |
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